The International Society of Automation (www.isa.org) is a nonprofit professional association that sets the standard for those who apply engineering and technology to improve the management, safety, and cybersecurity of modern automation and control systems used across industry and critical infrastructure. Founded in 1945, ISA develops widely used global standards; certifies industry professionals; provides education and training; publishes books and technical articles; hosts conferences and exhibits; and provides networking and career development programs for its 40,000 members and 400,000 customers around the world.

ISA owns Automation.com, a leading online publisher of automation-related content, and is the founding sponsor of The Automation Federation (www.automationfederation.org), an association of non-profit organizations serving as “The Voice of Automation.” Through a wholly owned subsidiary, ISA bridges the gap between standards and their implementation with the ISA Security Compliance Institute (www.isasecure.org) and the ISA Wireless Compliance Institute (www.isa100wci.org).

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Industrial Flow Measurement, Third Edition

Designed to help practicing engineers avoid costs associated with misapplication of flowmeters, this third edition reviews the important concepts of flow measurement and provides explanations, practical considerations, illustrations, and examples of current flowmeter technology. Modern flowmeters handle many more applications than could have been imagined centuries ago. Today’s flow

measurements encompass operating conditions that range from capillary blood flow, flows over spillways, flow of gases, plasmas, pseudo-plastics, solids, and corrosives, to name but a few. Finally, the book presents a rational procedure for flowmeter selection that is based on factual information. Effective flowmeter selection requires a thorough understanding of flowmeter technology in addition to a practical knowledge of the process and the fluid. This book will help experienced engineers, technicians and others evaluate the appropriate criteria rationally to arrive at the proper flowmeter selection.

About ISA Author David W Spitzer

David W Spitzer

David W. Spitzer is an ISA Life Fellow and a principal at Spitzer and Boyes, LLC, which provides engineering, seminars, expert witness services, strategic marketing, product development, and distribution consulting services for manufacturing and automation companies. Spitzer consults in instrumentation and process control, with specialties in and related to flow measurement, level measurement and variable speed drives. He previously worked for US Steel and Mobay Chemical (Bayer), and he was the manager of Utility and Instrumentation Engineering at Nepera Chemical where he

was responsible for technical support and direction in the electrical, instrumentation, and utility areas on a plant-wide basis. Spitzer has more than 40 years of experience and has written more than 10 books and 400 technical articles about flow measurement, instrumentation, and process control. Spitzer serves on the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Committee on Measurement of Fluid Flow in Closed Conduits (ASME MFC) and is/was a member of the editorial advisory boards of InTech, InTech Brasil, and Flow Control magazines. He is a long-time instructor at the ISA Training Center, and he presents seminars throughout North America and internationally in English and Portuguese. Spitzer is the author of a number of popular ISA books, such as Industrial Flow Measurement; Variable Speed Drives: Principles and Applications for Energy Cost Savings, Regulatory and Advanced Regulatory Control: Application Techniques; and Flow Measurement, of which he is also the editor. Spitzer also wrote seven practical consumer guide books about flowmeters and level gauges.

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